...
Students work with faculty as instructors and graders for lower division undergraduate courses, whereby work may include grading, preparing and leading discussion sections, conducting review sessions, photocopying, recording grades/attendance, and other tasks related to the assigned course. Departmental Departmental funding in the form of a Graduate Assistantship (as a Teaching Assistant or Research Assistant) is usually provided for 2 years for Master’s students and 4 years for Ph.D. students who enter the Department with a Master’s from a different program (or 3 years for Ph.D. students who continue on from our MA program). Funding is contingent upon satisfactory progress in the program.
...
The Watson Assistantship provides one year of stipend and tuition credits for a student from Latin America or the Caribbean, or students conducting MA or PhD research in Latin America and/or the Caribbean. The Watson Assistantship permits the student to take classes without the need to work as a Graduate Assistant. The Department can typically provide one Watson Assistantship per year.
...
This scholarship memorializes our deceased colleague, Professor David E. Sopher, a friend, mentor and colleague to many of the faculty and numerous Syracuse graduate alumni. The scholarship carries a stipend and is for the support of a graduate student’s research. Students in good academic standing and with research interests either in South Asia or cultural-social geography regardless of regional focus are eligible. Preference is normally given to doctoral students. Sopher Scholarships are awarded in the Fall; there may be one or two per year, depending on available resources.
Hsu Research Fellowship
Named in honor of Dr. Hsu, a former SU graduate, this scholarship provides supplemental field grants for students working on Taiwan. Secondary consideration is given to students from Taiwan, Japan, Korea, or India.
Mark Monmonier Award
In 2022, Distinguished Professor Emeritus Mark Monmonier provided a generous gift to the Department of Geography and the Environment to support graduate student research. One of the discipline’s leading cartographers, Professor Monmonier dedicated his career to the study of cartography and geospatial analysis, using archival and numerical datasets. He also took particular interest in making his research, and geography more generally, accessible to a wide audience. This award is intended to provide research support to a graduate student whose demonstrated appreciation of clarity aligns with these interests.
External scholarships are also available. Information about addition scholarship opportunities that may be of interest is available on Syracuse University's Financial Aid website under "Scholarships."